Shuffler - Modern and Sci-Fi Map Creator

Build your own 2d Map with this easy Drag & Drop software. Simply select from a wide variety of tiles and objects to be placed and modified on a 7"x 10" canvas. An intuitive graphical interface allows you to start designing Maps in just seconds after reading the Help page. By dragging & dropping each element over the canvas you can then discover the many alternate things that you can do. You will be able to rotate items or change their size. You will find alternate items or random shapes. And with special tiles you will get triangle pieces so you can make hexagonal rooms or oblique corridors. A full light environment will let you finally give more ambiance light to your Map.

Download the Guide and the Demo Version to discover the wide world of mapping.

Dead scientist bodies in various poses, fluid splatters for floor and objects: human blood, alien blood, biofluid, oil. You can choose to change the color among 16 million ones with overlay filter for a more realistic result. Bullet hole on metal plate effect (more to come). Boot Prints, Water and Acid Puddle. Rats and Skeletons.

An intuitive graphical interface allows the player to start designing his first map in just seconds after reading the Help Page.

Thanks to scrolling panels each element is shown easily and identified by a set of symbols to recall the number of alternative images, the rotating capability, the possibility to modify the size, the random generated shape feature, the Fill aid or some special features called WoW! for extra element behaviour.

You can switch on/off a square grid so to have a free or with a grid map. You can choose if the grid must be over the objects or under them for a better looking.

Other special functions are ready to be implemented in future releases, expanding even more the capabilities of Shuffler.

This Flash application runs under every browser with at least Adobe Flash Player 10 installed (Widows, MAC, Linux). Anyway also a stand alone (Portable) Exe file is available and included (requires Windows OS installed or Wine under Linux).

License

A special License allows customers to share their pdfs obtained by Shuffler. Pdfs can be shared only in a private way and must not be uploaded to internet servers.

Maps are intended for personal use only. Commercial License under explicit agreement.

These products work with Shuffler

I feel like my download is missing a manual. The Guide .pdf just has a list of keyboard commands. What do the different layer symbols mean? And how can one import user floors and objects? When I select these options, I get an error that reads "plugin required", but no explanation as to what plugin is needed.

It's a great product, something I've been looking for for quite some time, but the lack of supporting documentation (maybe I just missed it) is very frustrating.

Also, jthe keyboard commands are very Windows specific. As an example, there's no Page Up or Page Down keys on a standard Mac keyboard. The application may have been designed to be Windows-centric, which is totally fine, but if so it should be spelled outright in the product description.

Keep up the good work, looking forward to seeing this product further refined and improved, again it's been something I've been looking for for a long time!

Claudio PApril 18, 2016 7:17 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Hi, thank you for your support and encouragement to improve this product. Shuffler has been upgraded many many times after customers requests and wishes.

As you said a full Manual is missing. In first the software was very simple and really didn't need a real Manual. There is a Help button inside the main panel with the main features described. After adding more and more features a pdf Guide was included to show how many Elements were available into the library and to show the main concepts of the layers buttons.
At the end, with the explosion of new features and variables, the Guide was not enough anymore and a new Manual experiment started directly on the main papermakeit.com site. You can find it here:
http://papermakeit.com/index.php/products/categories/categories-3/shuffler-manual
It is still a work in progress and many pages are missing, but it is the new direction for an online Manual where things are added as needed or requested.

About Importing User Images Floor...See more and Object, a Plug In is required and it can be purchased separately here:
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/81732/User-Images-PlugIn?manufacturers_id=2679&filters=0_0_0_0
You can download the free Demo and see how it works with the Guide included.

About PageUp and Down... You are right... :(. At the moment you can switch on the graphic Edit Tool and use it instead of PageUp and Down. To activate it just click on the button with the four green arrows or press the E keyboard after clicking on an Element. In a near release a different pair of buttons for that feature will be considered.

Any other comments can be sent to info@papermakeit.com with a reply generally in 24h.

Alan LDecember 30, 2015 7:32 am UTC

Another question, does this support hex grids or only squares?

Claudio PDecember 30, 2015 1:19 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Hi Andrew, yes there is also a complex Hex Grid System with many possibilities to custom you Hex Grid like the thickness and the color of the lines, numbers, dots, hex size and rotation. Please test the free Demo.

larry MNovember 24, 2015 5:16 pm UTC

I wanted to use this for Robotech RPG tactics which is 6mm or 1/285 scale. Will this go that low or are the sizes listed the absolute limits?

Claudio PNovember 27, 2015 11:28 am UTC

PUBLISHER

Hi Larry,
with the latest release the new grid system lets you draw whatever size grid map. Please test the Demo version to check if this is what you are looking for and report any needs that could improve the next release.

Alan LApril 06, 2015 6:59 pm UTC

HI there, while it says multiplatform, the exe won't run under OSX. I would like to purchase this, but not if it won't work on a Mac. Can you clarify for me please?

Cheers!

Claudio PApril 06, 2015 7:20 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Hi Andrew, the EXE version runs only under Windows OS. For every other OS (and Windows included) there is available the SWF version. This kind of extension is loaded by every browser with a Flash Player installed. Just double click on it or inside the browser open this file. Write me if you need more assistance and a step by step help.
Kind Regards,
Claudio Pieroni
Paper Make iT !

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